Old Testament, The Shine Brothers

When: Thu., Dec. 4, 9 p.m. 2014

Created by longhairs with access to California’s finest, “stoner rock” is a genre as American as Apple Pie Kush. As the frontman of Dead Meadow, Jason Simon pushed that inherently heavy sound back toward psychedelic pop. Leading his new Old Testament, Simon goes back even further by exploring folk and Americana strains that presaged modern drone. He occasionally adds a pinch of the punch that blues riffs gave classic rock, too. —Jeff Klingman